this is an attempt to undermine a theory expounded in a previous post about the meaning of a comic strip which makes sense when you think about it intellectually but which feels like it might still be completely wrong note … Continue reading
he has a very odd way of not being racist by producing absolutely hideous caricatures of ethnic africans, so maybe he’s doing the same with his depictions of the female form crumb’s racist images (see ooga booga) are consciously designed … Continue reading
1 while still casually wondering who the villain turned out to be when they’re unmasked at the end of howard the duck 21 I came across some clues on the letters page of # 26 (c) marvel + possibly … Continue reading
richard corben is not at his best drawing traditional comic book black outlines filled with solid colour, + whenever he does the colourist is usually terrible (even if it was him) his fully painted artwork on the other hand can … Continue reading
‘Q P Dahl’ + ‘Kewpie doll’ are pronounced differently in the UK but they sound the same in the states – Lt Q P Dahl from the sally forth strip by wally wood is basically a kewpie doll in US … Continue reading
0 preface most people who write about comics on the internet seem to have a view about the direction writers are taking a particular character. the general format is: the readers know the previous storylines better than the current writer, … Continue reading
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